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The Road to Nickelsville

directed by Derek McNeill

United States, 2016 40 min - Biography

The Road to Nickelsville

directed by Derek McNeill

United States, 2016 40 min - Biography

SYNOPSIS: Caution, survival, and hope. The residents of Nickelsville, an organized homeless encampment in Seattle Washington, share how they became homeless; caution how quickly it can happen, and how they persevere. Director of the Low Income Housing Institute, and a district court judge who presides over child custody cases involving homeless families, provide institutional context.

Derek McNeill

Director

Derek McNeill

Director

Over the last two years I created and filmed the award winning documentary, The Road to Nickelsville as I sought to understand the people and circumstances that lead to the organized homeless encampments around Seattle, Washington.
Although my original goal was to work in fictional narrative film, I discovered while filming The Road to Nickelsville that powerful human stories were in the every day world around me, and that exploring the human condition through real people, for both myself

Derek McNeill

Writer

Derek McNeill

Writer

Over the last two years I created and filmed the award winning documentary, The Road to Nickelsville as I sought to understand the people and circumstances that lead to the organized homeless encampments around Seattle, Washington.
Although my original goal was to work in fictional narrative film, I discovered while filming The Road to Nickelsville that powerful human stories were in the every day world around me, and that exploring the human condition through real people, for both myself

Derek McNeill

Producer

Derek McNeill

Producer

Over the last two years I created and filmed the award winning documentary, The Road to Nickelsville as I sought to understand the people and circumstances that lead to the organized homeless encampments around Seattle, Washington.
Although my original goal was to work in fictional narrative film, I discovered while filming The Road to Nickelsville that powerful human stories were in the every day world around me, and that exploring the human condition through real people, for both myself

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The Road to Nickelsville

directed by Derek McNeill

SYNOPSIS: Caution, survival, and hope. The residents of Nickelsville, an organized homeless encampment in Seattle Washington, share how they became homeless; caution how quickly it can happen, and how they persevere. Director of the Low Income Housing Institute, and a district court judge who presides over child custody cases involving homeless families, provide institutional context.